Neck-yoke



H. L. CHIPPS.

NECK Y'OKE.

- APPLICATION FILED N0v.25.19|9.

1,356,966. Patented Oct. 26,1920.

Ihuenior UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD L. GI-IIPPS, OF MASON CITY, NEBRASKA.

NECK-YOKE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD L. Crrrrrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mason City, in the county of Custer and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck- Yokes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to neck yokes, used in harnessing draftanimals to vehicles, its principal object being to provide a neck yokewhich is rigid and durable inlconstruction and yet is comparatively ligit.

A further object of the invention is to provide a neck yoke used inconnection with draft animals which includes a bar constructed of lightstrong wood and a truss or reinforcing plate, the construction beingsuch as to permit the reinforcing or truss plate to be removed from thebar should the same become broken and used in connection with a secondbar.

Another general object of the invention is to provide a neck yoke havingthe above characteristics which is simple in construction, consists offew parts, and which can a be manufactured and sold at a comparativelysmall cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages'in mind, the inventionconsists in the novel combination of elements, construction andarrangement of parts and specific features all of which are to behereinafter fully enlarged upon and recited in the subjoined claims.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 is perspective view of a neck yoke constructed in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, and

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the reinforcing or truss plate removed.

Referring to the drawing wherein like characters of reference designatelike parts throughout all of the views, the numeral 5 Specification ofLetters Patent." Patent ed Oct. 26, 1920. A Application filed Novcmber25, 1919. Serial no. 340,521. I

designates the usual yoke bar which is the under side of the yoke bar 5and extends the entire length of the same. This plate 9 is secured tothe yoke bar at the center thereof and the ends of this plate areprovided with slots 12, each of which receives one of the eyes 7 Fromthe disclosure it will be manifest that I have provided a neck yokewhich is reinforced in its entire length and which is so constructed asto permit a new yoke bar to be used with the Various parts if the oldone becomes broken.

The construction shown and described is considered a practicalembodiment of the invention but it will be understood that the same maybe modified in many respects, and that such limits of modification areonly governed by what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

ears projecting therefrom, and a reinforcing plate extending the entirelength of one side of said bar and conforming to the shape thereof, saidreinforcing plate having openings at its opposite-ends to receive saidears.

2. A neck yoke comprising a yoke bar, a plate conforming to the contourof the bar and extending longitudinally of the under face thereof andthe entire length of said bar, said plate having slots in its oppositeend portions, eyes projecting from said bar and extending through saidslots, rings supported in said eyes, and a tongue supporting elementextending through the central portion of the plate and into said yokebar.

In testimony whereof'I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD L. CHIPPS. Witnesses:

W. D. REDMOND, AND. 'D. ERIGKSON,

